Denver is close to landing another minor-league professional hockey team, and if all goes according to plan, it will have the same name as a beloved former team: the Grizzlies.

The Denver Grizzlies were a 1994-95 International Hockey League team that won a championship in its only year in town and is credited with rekindling interest in the sport that led to the NHL’s Quebec Nordiques coming to Denver in 1995 and becoming the Avalanche.

While details are being ironed out — including a copyright battle over the Grizzlies name and what minor pro league it might join — a new team is in the final planning stages and could be officially unveiled next week, multiple hockey sources said.

The “new” Grizzlies would play their home games at the Denver Coliseum, the 10,200-seat building open since 1952 and host to previous minor-league pro hockey teams, including the Colorado Rangers, Colorado Flames and Denver Spurs.

Former Grizzlies player Derek Armstrong is expected to be involved with the team’s management, likely as the general manager. Armstrong, 38, spent parts of 14 NHL seasons with five teams.

Brent Cullaton, the coach of the Boulder Junior Bison of the Western States Hockey League, is a leading candidate to coach the new team. Cullaton served two seasons as captain of the Rocky Mountain Rage — a CHL team that played three seasons (2006-09) at the FirstBank Center in Broomfield.

Before the new Grizzlies team is finalized, territorial contract agreements must be ironed out with the Colorado Eagles of the East Coast Hockey League, but sources termed the issues as minor.

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